"I would like to know what are the company obligations to use/hire students and apprentices in Germany. Are there any government requirements to have them or does is vary by local union agreements? I would appreciate some help understanding this or any reading reference I can be provided. If there are no legal requirements, is there any standard practice companies use? Thank you. "

Usually a student or an apprentice is recruited by a training vacancy that can be paid or not and this must be specifically written as well as the training/contract period (six months or one year for example). The student should have an European nationality and should be clear of criminal charges. The course he is studying should be an asset to the job he is going to perform. He should have a certificate that he is a student in which his grades are mentioned. The minimum period allowed is 3 months (in a contract, however in a training program the period can be a shorter one or a longer depending on the job characteristics.

What it should be done to promote the competition on the job is the following:
There is a vacancy for a student and you can select two or three of the best students that achieved what you considered required for the job and offer them a training contract for 6 months and evaluate their performance. The best worker with the best performance is selected and you let go the other two by the end of the training/contract or sooner if it the case. It should be 6 months because is the the period when you really get to know an employee.

You should go to epso website (Google it) they have all the information about recruitment)

Toolbox union-labor-europe Posted by Alves (Employee Relations Manager)
on Jul 14 at 10:08 AM
I would like to know what are the company obligations to use/hire students and apprentices in Germany. Are there any government requirements to have them or does is vary by local union agreements? I would appreciate some help understanding this or any reading reference I can be provided.

If there are no legal requirements, is there any standard practice companies use?